The EU is waiting for work with the new Parliament of Azerbaijan
Vladimir Dobrovolsky. The European Union agitating the Authorities of Azerbaijan to fulfill the tips of the OSCE / ODIHR for the organization of the vote, but awaits the start of the cooperation with the new Parliament of the country, according to a communiqu? of the official envoy of the head of EU diplomacy Federica Mogherini.
explaining the course of elections on Sunday, he said the lack of observers of the OSCE / ODIHR which have not agreed with the Azerbaijani authorities about the size of the mission, and the presence of the observation mission of the parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
according to his statement, " Azerbaijani Authorities have an obligation to fulfill previous advice of the OSCE ODIHR ". Commissioner Mogherini recalled that the EU supports the ongoing work on international standards of elections, whereas " in yesterday's voting did not participate one significant opposition party, pointing to the lack of level playing field for all candidates ".
However, he said that " the EU looks forward to continue cooperation with the Azerbaijani institutions, including the New Parliament, for the benefit of all citizens ".
The fifth in the history of Azerbaijan parliamentary elections were held on Sunday. For 125 seats in the highest legislative body fought 767 candidates, representing fifteen political forces. On inaccurate data, wins the election, the ruling party "New Azerbaijan" of the President of the country Ilham Aliyev, that has 70 seats (out of 125) in the Parliament.
The OSCE did not want from election monitoring in the Azerbaijani Parliament introduced by the authorities of that state restrictions on the number of observers. The office for democratic institutions and human rights (ODIHR) of the OSCE was planning to send a mission to Azerbaijan from 30 long-term observers and 350 short-term. The authorities were willing to accept only 6 observers for a long time and 125 for short.
Azerbaijan is included into the program of Eastern partnership of the European Union together with Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine.